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IBM Security Bulletin

Number: AV14-068
Date: 19 September 2014

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to a recently released security bulletin from IBM.

Assessment

IBM is reporting that some networking switches have hard-coded usernames and password combinations that administrators are unable to modify. This could lead to unauthorized access to the vulnerable device.

Suggested action

CCIRC recommends that owner/operators test and deploy the vendor released updates or workarounds to affected platforms accordingly.

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Note to Readers

In support of Public Safety's mission to build a safe and resilient Canada, CCIRC's mandate is to help ensure the security and resilience of the vital non-federal government cyber systems that underpin Canada's national security, public safety and economic prosperity. As Canada's computer security incident response team, CCIRC is Canada's national coordination centre for the prevention and mitigation of, preparedness for, response to, and recovery from cyber incidents on non-federal government systems. It does this by providing authoritative advice and support, and coordinating information sharing and incident response.